• Lleyton Hewitt is bidding to turn the table on Novak Djokovic. Hewitt is the last No. 1 seed to lose to a player ranked outside the Top 100 at a Grand Slam event. Hewitt was No. 1 seed when he lost to No. 203 Ivo Karlovic in the 1st round at 2003 Wimbledon. Hewitt was No. 1 seed, but was ranked No. 2 in the world.

• Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin and Japan’s Kei Nishikori are the two players from Asia bidding to advance to the quarterfinals here. There have never been 2 Asian men into the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam in the Open Era.